Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3571  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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NGC 4656 - The Needle Galaxy, wadeh237
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NGC 4656 - The Needle Galaxy

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NGC 4656 - The Needle Galaxy, wadeh237
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NGC 4656 - The Needle Galaxy

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This is NGC 4565 - The Needle Galaxy in Coma Berenices

This was captured from my home in Snohomish, WA on the nights of April 11 through 15, 2020. The equipment used was as follows:

Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 8" with F/7 Focal Reducer

Camera: QSI 690-wsg8 with Astrodon Gen II filters and Starlight Xpress UltraStar guider

Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600GTOCP4 with Absolute Encoders

Focus & Dew Control: Pegasus Astro Ultimate PowerBox V2

Capture Software: Sequence Generator Pro

Processing: PixInsight

The subexposures were as follows (all binned 1x1):

25 x 180 Seconds Luminance

21 x 300 Seconds Red

18 x 300 Seconds Green

19 x 300 Seconds Blue

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NGC 4656 - The Needle Galaxy, wadeh237